Tuesday, July 10, 2012

School Supply Caddy

Today I finished one of my Pinterest inspired projects. Is it just me, or is anyone else out there spending their lazy summer days in a Pinterest induced haze? I sit at the computer day after day, pinning for hours on end, waiting for the motivation to strike me so that I actually get up and make something that I've pinned.

Usually it doesn't happen, but this one has been brewing for awhile. I've been collecting tin cans for weeks on end, forcing my kids to eat Spaghettios and pineapple chunks, just so I can have the precious cans. I've had some competition from Peanut Head too, because he also collects cans so he can do this to them.

He scares me.

Anyway, I've had this project in mind for awhile. I already had this serving plate stand, so basically this project was free, unless you want to count the paint. I'm not going to.

Never mind about the money I spent to fill this thing with school supplies. I have a wee bit of a love affair with school supplies. This is my favorite time of the year, right after Independence Day, when all the stores start stocking up on school supplies.

Wow do I loooooooove this project, just about as much as I love my school supplies... I am a bit OCD about them, too! I have a mad love affair with Sharpies. Lovely job! Thanks for sharing!!! :)Sabrina

Hee hee, I also spend lots of time pinning and not enough time actually using the pins! Love your project, I am also addicted to all stationary, I love when it all goes on sale after school has started and then I have a good excuse to buy more :)

I'm drooling, but I can't decide if it's because this post is about organization, or if it's because there are so many supplies all in one place or if it's because I am lusting after all those colors of spray paint. You are my kindred spirit. One year I bought so many mini-erasers and stickers and pencil toppers and binder clips and neon-colored & heart-shaped paper clips and squoosh balls that I didn't know what to do with them all, I mean except put them in my little OCD museum. So one day I had this brilliant idea when we were reviewing for a test--I started throwing them at the kids for every correct answer. They loved getting free supplies and soon they were trading---"I'll give you a green jumbo paper clip for that basketball eraser." Ah...I must be getting ready for school to start.

To me its the little things that are important. I want to be sure that the pencils,notebooks and folders are all things my daughter likes. It makes it more fun for her. She's still little. She's into that.

The bright green is Rust-oleum brand spray paint in Fern, and I bought it at The Home Depot. The bright yellow was a Martha Stewart brand of craft paint for metal. I bought the Martha Stewart paint at Michaels.

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